Cat(h) wrote:
> Rupert (W.Yorkshire) wrote:
> > "Cat(h)" <cathy_ie@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:1146585670.855908.47810@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > >
> > > Declan Murphy wrote:
> > >> (Apologies for the crosspost)
> > >>
> > >> Would some kind soul identify this flowering tree for me please? It is
> > >> about 45 centimetres high, and I've inherited it from the previous
> > >> owner of the garden. The stem is only about 15mm thick at the base, so
> > >> I'm assuming it was planted early last year or the year before. Thought
> > >> it may be dead, but it began flowering about 10 days ago.
> > >>
> > >> http://www.declan.tv/images/what_kind_of_tree_is_this.jpg
> > >>
> > >> (image is 186KB)
> > >>
> > >> Regards Declan,
> > >> Botanically challenged,
> > >> Okazaki, Japan
> > >
> > > When I first saw it, I immediately thought of a forsythia - only a
> > > bright pink one instead of yellow.  But I googled for pink forsythia,
> > > and while there is such a thing, it doesn't look much like your plant.
> > > Come to think of it, the only commonality with forsythia is the bright
> > > flowers on bare stems, the leaves coming only second later in Spring.
> > > Fat lot of good my answer is :-)
> > > Well done, all the same, Declan.  It looks like you've stumped a whole
> > > newsgroup of experts (and don't include me in that).
> > > Cat(h)
> > >
> >
> > Declan can do miracles with pink paint and Sellotape:-)
>
> Hmmm... I hadn't envisaged that possibility... but now that you mention
> it...
> Speaking of which... has such a cheeky trick ever been played here?  A
> spaghetti tree for April Fools' day, mayhaps?
> Cat(h)

some of the plant descriptions are very hard to follow as it is without
needing any deceit.
A typical description goes something like: sort of greenish leaves,
pointy at one end
and low growing with sort of brownish stems.

Then on further probing about say the flower, you get told, ahhh yes
the flower is 2 metres high and bright blue and yellow and smells like
rotting flesh.

I like trying to guess plant names as it is like a quiz but I have only
managed to get a few right over the past few months.  Declan's tree is
eyecatching alright and I have absolutely no idea what it is.  They
have lots of nice flowering shrubs and trees there.